{"id":1720691,"date":"2013-09-25T18:46:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T18:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1720691"},"modified":"2017-06-27T19:25:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:25:26","slug":"how-do-i-reset-ableton-live","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-reset-ableton-live\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I reset Ableton Live?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>To reset Ableton Live, do the following:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong><em>: Resetting Live will cause your template set to be erased. You will also need to reconfigure your audio and MIDI hardware as well as your custom preferences. Plug-in support will need to be re-enabled.<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><b>Mac<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Close Live.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Macintosh HD\/Users\/[username]\/Library\/Preferences\/Ableton\/Live x.x.x\/<\/li>\n<li>Delete <b>Preferences.cfg<\/b>, <b>Template.als<\/b>, and <b>Undo.cfg<\/b> (if available).<\/li>\n<li>Delete the same files for any version of Live on your computer and restart Live<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><b>Windows XP<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Close Live.<\/li>\n<li>Go to C:\\Documents and Settings\\[username]\\Application Data\\Ableton\\Live x.x.x\\Preferences\\<\/li>\n<li>Delete <b>Preferences.cfg<\/b>, <b>Template.als<\/b>, and <b>Undo.cfg<\/b> (if available).<\/li>\n<li>Delete the same files for any version of Live on your computer and restart Live.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><b>Windows Vista, 7, and 8<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Close Live.<\/li>\n<li>Go to C:\\Users\\[username]\\AppData\\Roaming\\Ableton\\Live.x.x.x\\Preferences\\<\/li>\n<li>Delete <b>Preferences.cfg<\/b>, <b>Template.als<\/b>, and <b>Undo.cfg<\/b> (if available).<\/li>\n<li>Delete the same files for any version of Live on your computer and restart Live.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/record-audio-ableton-live-cant-figure-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I\u2019m trying to record audio in Ableton Live, but can\u2019t figure it out.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/nanokontrol2-setup-in-ableton-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NanoKontrol2 Setup in Ableton Live<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/getting-started-with-the-novation-launchpad-mini-and-ableton-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getting Started with the Novation Launchpad Mini and Ableton Live<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-setup-a-raven-mti2-in-ableton-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How do I setup a Raven MTi2 in Ableton Live?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/getting-started-with-ableton-live-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getting Started with Ableton Live 9<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[115938,53648,34259,44163,36578,65025,36383,34750],"storecat":[],"itemids":[83527,83530,46248,69577,46241],"manufacturers":[33151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the How do I reset Ableton Live? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-reset-ableton-live\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do I reset Ableton Live? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To reset Ableton Live, do the following: Note: Resetting Live will cause your template set to be erased. 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